The time has come:
Only 24 hours left to register for the annual NGACO state conference featuring the 2012 military ball, March 30-April 1. Register through Wednesday, March 28.
Join your fellow Colorado Guardsmen at our annual conference and commemorate the 150th anniversary of Colorado's victory over the Confederates at Glorieta Pass.
For more details, including conference schedule, accomodations, and how to regsiter, visit our current events page.
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Do you know what this is?
EANGUS Executive Director Al Garver stands with
"The First Muster" painting and the Newtowne Musket
to provide scale.
Dec. 13, 2011, marked the 375th birthday of the National Guard. In that spirit, the musket pictured above is a handcrafted replica of the Smithsonian’s Newtowne Musket – the first item in the museum's permanent display on American military history.
This marks the first time that the Smithsonian has allowed a firearm to be replicated. The original is an authentic, early colonial matchlock musket, .75 caliber, and is 63 inches long.
And NGACO is giving one away!
For each $10 donation to NGACO, you will be entered to win this Smithsonian Institute replica, valued at $5,000.
The musket will be soon be on display at an armory near you. Check out our Facebook page for the next display location, where you can make your donation. If we missed you, call 720-250-1566 or email us.
The replica is non-firing (no charging hole), so it's not subject to any weapons restrictions for sale, shipment or display.
It's the perfect item for you to display.
For a full description and detailed photos, visit www. eangus.org/musket.
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Sen. Graham Supports National Guard Empowerment and Integration Act
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Volunteer with NGACO
The NGACO fundraising committee is looking for volunteers, both Soldiers and Airmen. If you have ideas, knowledge, or just want to get involved, please contact Frankie Gomez or Isabel West.
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NGACO teaming with Bonfils Blood Center to help COARNG Soldier in need of bone marrow transplant
Colorado Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Mark Jenkins is suffering from a rare blood cancer and has been given a prognosis of five to 10 years – unless he can find a matching bone marrow donor.
On Saturday March 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., NGACO and Bolfils Blood Center are teaming up for a joint military-civilian bone marrow donor drive in his honor.
Simply getting your cheek swabbed can put you on the path to saving his life!
Click here to read his story.
Can't make it to the conference? You can still help! The C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program is specifically designed for military members who want to be bone marrow donors and feeds directly into the National Bone Marrow Registry. If military member is a match for a patient in need, DOD program counselors will work with the member’s chain of command to ensure he or she gets the support necessary to help save someone’s life. All active duty military, their immediate dependents, DOD civilian employees, Coast Guard, National Guard and Reservists, age 18-60, are eligible to participate.
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Colorado Guard in the Civil War
Photo © 2010 Deborah Grigsby Illustrative
Photography/Used with permission
This bronze figure of a Union Soldier facing South with gun in hand was built to honor Colorado's Civil War heroes and to promote civic pride.
It's the work of Capt. John D. Howland, a prominent member of the 1st Colorado Cavalry and accomplished artist. Howland studied art in Europe and Mexico and also under the tutelage of Armand Dumeresq, who was secretary to the Indian Peace Commission. Howland was also a correspondent for Harper's Weekly.
While the monument was designed by Howland, J. Otto Schweizer of Philadelphia actually molded the figure.
The statue was unveiled at the Colorado State Capitol on July 24, 1909 using donations from both the taxpayers as well as the Colorado Pioneer's Association.
The stone base of this monument is adorned with four tablets that list the battles and the names of the soldiers who died. Also chiseled into the base of this grand memorial is the proud statement that Colorado had the highest average of volunteers in the Civil War of any state or territory in the Union. Another plaque on the statue refers to the discovery of gold at Pikes Peak in 1858 by Green Russell and others. The plaque on the north face of the monument simply reads, "For the Unknown Dead."
Originally, two black walnut trees from the home of Abraham Lincoln flanked this memorial. While the trees no longer stand, there is a plaque within the capitol commemorating the generosity of President Lincoln for his donation to the beautification of our capitol.
Source: Colorado State Capitol Virtual Tour
More about the Colorado National Gaurd's victory over the Confederates will be available in the next Voice of the Warrior, to be published soon on our current events page.
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